Here is a list of open source software for technical writers.
Open Source Software
Open source software refers to a software or program that is written in source code that is available to the general public. A source code is a form of the program when a programmer writes a program in a programming language, such as Java or Perl. Source codes are can be as small as a couple lines of text and as large as a millions of lines of text.
Open source software is similar to Closed source software (Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office), but it is more affordable.
Open Source Software
Here is a list of open source software for technical writers.Open Source Software
Open source software refers to a software or program that is written in source code that is available to the general public. A source code is a form of the program when a programmer writes a program in a programming language, such as Java or Perl. Source codes are can be as small as a couple lines of text and as large as a millions of lines of text.
Open source software is similar to Closed source software (Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office), but it is more affordable.
The most common Open Source Software:
OpenOffice Suite (or NeoOffice for Mac)
http://www.neooffice.org/
http://www.openoffice.org/
Similar to: Microsoft Office Suite
Inkscape (Drawing program)
http://inkscape.org/
Similar to: Illustrator
GIMP (Photo editing program)
http://www.gimp.org/
Similar to: Adobe Photoshop
Scribus (Desktop publishing)
http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus
Similar to: Microsoft Publisher and Quark Xpress
Mozilla Thunderbird (Email application)
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
Similar to: Microsoft Outlook
Bluefish (HTML Editor)
http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html
Similar to: Dreamweaver
For more information:
http://www.damicon.com/resources/opensoftware.html